Edmund Randolph: "it was an additional reason for tying their hands in such a manner that they could not sacrifice their trust to momentary considerations."

   "If the danger suggested by Mr. Gouverneur Morris be real, of advantage being taken of the legislature in pressing moments, it was an additional reason for tying their hands in such a manner that they could not sacrifice their trust to momentary considerations."--Edmund Randolph, July 11, 1787, Debates In The Federal Convention Of 1787, Held At Philadelphia. [Elliot’s Debates, Vol. V,  Pg. 294]